When I talked to them I specifically wanted help putting together a portfolio of junior miners (the "Ron Paul portfolio"). The guy I talked to was candid enough to say it's not really something that they do, and his license even might prohibit him from doing such an unbalanced portfolio. He said maybe talk to Sprott. A few weeks later he called me back and said yes he could do it - I forget exactly what he quoted me but I think it was on the order of 3% per trade. I don't know how that compares across the industry but it's more than I'm comfortable paying.

I wasn't really interested in their standard funds or managed account strategy. I believe Schiff is right about bullion, but wrong about foreign equities in general. If the US collapse occurs as he envisions then we're talking WWIII and they're all going down with the ship too.

I ended up not getting into miners at all. I just don't have the expertise or the time to properly evaluate such companies.

If the US collapse occurs as he envisions then we're talking WWIII and they're all going down with the ship too.

One of the nice things about EP is that they know APAC better than I can, and they can quickly move out of markets over there when there is a crisis (such as WW3). Then, they will be better positioned to re-enter a deflated market.

That doesn't match everyone's investment philosophy, but they do a pretty good job.